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calque artinya

pinjam terjemah

/kælk/

calque in Indonesian: pinjam terjemah, meminjam terjemah. In English, calque means a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

Indonesian words for calque

word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language
pinjam terjemah
adopt a word by translation of its parts
meminjam terjemah

English meaning of calque

  1. noun A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
  2. verb To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

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Questions about calque in Indonesian

What is the meaning of calque in Indonesian?
Calque in Indonesian is pinjam terjemah, meminjam terjemah.
Apa arti calque?
Calque: pinjam terjemah, meminjam terjemah.
What does calque mean in English?
Calque means a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calque (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Indonesian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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